to help overcome the handicap, the Vision Aid Charitable Services Society (VACSS) here has come out with an electronic cane.
The cane measuring 20 inches is made of UPVC. It comprises a sensor with transmitter and receiver at the lower-end, a vibrator close to the grip and works on a rechargeable battery.
Beeps and vibrations
A Charitable Trust
If visually impaired people wanted to use the Microsoft Office suite, before NVDA, they'd have to purchase a screen reader – either JAWS for Windows, or Window Eyes. today, a partnership will enhance this access at no cost to users.
GW Micro has forged a partnership with Microsoft which will offer users of Microsoft Office versions starting with Office 2010 a free copy of Window-Eyes.
A young Smyrna man has not let being blind dash his dreams of going away to college, traveling overseas and teaching other impaired children how to be more independent.
Greg Aikens, 29, has tackled many obstacles to obtain both educational and professional success, including winning the Learning Ally National Achievement Award.
Aikens is one of six people from across the United States who will receive $6,000 and travel to the Learning Ally’s National Gala celebration in Washington, D.C. this April.
Vacant faculty positions
The last date of application is 10.02.2014
Batch 1: In collaboration with National Association for the Blind, Delhi State Branch will be conducted at computer training unit, National Association for the Blind, , Sector 5, R.K. Puram, New Delhi. In addition
Divya Jyothi Charitable Trust, Mysore, is offering courses in Spoken English and Computer Training for visually impaired students.
The course duration is 9 months starting from June 2013 to March 2014. The date of commencement is 17 June 2013.
The Physiotherapy College for Visually Impaired announces that it will be undertaking application for the course named "Advanced Diploma in Physiotherapy" starting coming academic year for its first year. The said course is approved by the Ahmedabad University.
Details of the Course:
Infosys Faculty is organizing a free training that would culminate into job opportunity in Bangalore and Pune (based on the candidate’s preference) for the candidate on successful completion of the training and clearing the final assessment.
Mitra Jyothi in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. – Maitree, is organizing the next Advanced Computer Training Center (ACTC) for Visually Impaired. The training will be conducted in the premises of Mitra Jyothi at Bangalore. This will be a 40-45 days residential training program and will commence on Monday, 5th August 2013 and end on Saturday, 14th September 2012.
SARTHAK offers a comprehensive classroom training programme to prepare students for the competitive exams conducted by state and central government. The coaching will be of immense help to students who are appearing for exams vacancies in the respective governments.
Course Details
Career Centric Computer Training; Basic Computer Training for Visually Impaired by Mitra Jyothi.
All India Confederation of the Blind, a leading NGO, commences its Sixth batch of one-year computer course on 20th January, 2014.
One-year
18th Jan, 2014 (written test)
The last date of application is 31.01.2014
As visually-impaired students begin learning to read by way of Braille, many also are learning how to navigate their world with help from a white cane. A Lexington One teacher helped create a brand-new resource to take away some of the apprehension by introducing the cane in a fun way.
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